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sibly tomorrow morning, followed by
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POINCARE TACKLES
TASK OF FORMING
COALITION CABINET
Selection of Premier Leads to
Confidence —Franc Recov
ers From Sharp Decline.
NEW MINISTRY TO HAVE
MINIMUM OF MEMBERS
Herriot Beaten in First Test in
Chamber When Fiscal Pro
gram Is Presented.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. July 22.—The burden of
saving the franc was borne today by
Raymond Poincare, almost the only
French statesman of note who has
not been tried as premier during the
past two years of financial stress.
The two-day-old ministry of Edouard
Herriot was defeated upon its first
appearance in the Chamber of Depu
ties last night by a vote of 290 to 237.
There was an occasional cry of “On
to the Elysee!” and hoots came from
a crowd of about 5,000 gathered in
front of the Palais Bourbon a3 Her
riot’s ministry was making its dec
laration of policy for the rehabilita
tion of the franc and amelioration
generally of the financial crisis.
After M. Herriot and his ministers
had tendered their resignations to
President Douinergue at the Elysee
Palace, M. Poincare, former premier,
was called upon by the President to
“form a national ministry.”
The task was accepted.
Coalition Widely Sought.
The decision of President Doumer
gue to have a national ministry was
out of deference to a general desire
by Parliament, t he press and the pub
lic. it will be made up of members
of as many of the political parties
as it is possible to bring together.
Notwithstanding the downfall of the
Herriot government, Anatole de Mon
zie, Herriot’s minister of finance,
succeeded in having i>assed by both
chambers of Parliament a bill au
thorizing the transfer to the Bank of
France the available balance of $25,-
000,000 of the original $100,000,000
loan obtained from J. P. Morgan & j
Co. of New York. This measure !
will serve to relieve the strain on,
the treasury.
M. De Monzie, who is to hold the
finance ministry portfolio until the !
new cabinet is formed by M. Poincare, !
said in the Chamber that if his de- j
mand was refused *he- would instruct i
the Bank of France to realize dollars
on the Morgan loan in the open ex
change market to meet the press
ing needs of the treasury.
"I have the right to do this," M.
De Monzie exclaimed. “Even if I
have not. you may send me to the
high court.”
Poincare Widely Favored.
While many politicians, particular
ly of the Left, look askance at “the
man of the Ruhr,” as M. Poincare
is called, there is no doubt his choice
as premier corresponds with the
view of large sections of the general
public.
The of the Herriot minis
try cleared tne political atmosphere
like magic. As soon as the vote was
announced a delegation of deputies
asking for a national ministry visited
the President. They were followed
by a deputation from the Wounded
Var Veterans’ Association on a sim
ilar errand.
M. Poincare, it is understook, in
tends to set an example of economy
and efficiency by having as few min
isters as possible.
A tentative cabinet list, circulated
In the Senate lobbies, had M. Poin
care as ids own finance minister and
Aristide Briand as foreign minister.
Briand resigned as premier last Sat
urday when Herriot forced the re
jection by Parliament of dictatorial
powers sought for Briand’s finance
minister, Joseph Caillaux.
Herriot Post Is Open.
In the lobbies, the question of Her- j
liot's successor as president of the
Chamber caused considerable discus
sion. The leading candidate at noon
seemed to be Raoul Peret, former
finance minister, who presided over
the debates from 1920 to 1924.
A group of radical Socialists asked i
M. Herriott to stand for the post
again, but he declined, saying he
wished to preserve the independence
he assumed on Saturday, when he
stepped from the chair to take part
in the Chamber debate.
M. Poincare started his endeavors
by calling on former Premiers Briand
and Herriot and former Foreign Min
ister de Selves. Returning home, he
received a delegation from the parlai
mentary group which favors a “na
tional union” cabinet.
Later he was to receive Albert Sar
raut, who was one of the delegates to
the Washington conference in 1921,
and the heads of the party groups in
the Senate.
“Things are going well.” was all
that Poincare would say to the news
paper men. It is understood he hopes
rapidly to form a ministry compris
ing four Senators and four or five dep
uties.
Will Reduce Secretaries.
M. Poincare has let it he known
that he intends to dispense with all
the undersecretaryships which figured
In M. Herriot’s short-lived ministry.
He gave the impression that the cabi
net might be constituted early this
afternoon. M. Robineau. former gov
ernor of the Bank of France, called
at Poincare’s home this morning dur
ing the absence of the premier
designate.
Several deputies arriving at the
house let it be known that, while
strongly favoring Poincare’s inclu
sion in the new ministry, they feared
that if he assumed the premiership
it would revive political passions in ,
the chamber, inasmuch as he was
premier for the National^ bloc just
prior to the elections of May 11, 1924,
which resulted in the assumption of
power by Herriot and the Left cartel.
This tended to diminish the optimistic
forecast that the present crisis would
be solved within a few hours.
At the close of his morning con
sultations M. Poincare had a brief
Interview with President Doumergue :
to report on his progress. It is under- ,
stood he insisted he must he both pre- i
mier and finance minister in order to i
have sufficient authority to effect j
necessary economies and rehabilitate •
the franc. i
The franc opened nearly two points
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CHOOSING FENNING SUCCESSOR
IS TRYING TASK FOR COOLIDGE
! President No Nearer Decision Than When He Asked
for Commissioner’s Resignation—so Persons
Recommended for Post.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
WHITE PINE CAMP. N. Y., July
22. President Coolidge has not |
reached a decision regarding the ap- j
pointment of a successor to Frederick
A. Fenning as Commissioner. Accord
ing to those in his confidence, the
President is finding the task of inak- 1
ing a selection a most difficult one.
and it is thought that some little time (
may elapse before an announcement
is made.
It was said at noon today by one
of the President’s intimates, who had
just been in conference with him, that
the President is no nearer making a
choice today than he was when he
asked for Mr. Fenning's resignation
and later when he made public the i
resignation.
The President is described as being
of an open mind and is anxious for
suggestion.
Several Names on List.
True enough, there are half a dozen
or so names before the President
which he is considering, but there is
nothing to indicate that any one of
these is the answer the President is
looking for in landing the type of
man he wants for the District com
missionership. There are one or two
men on the list whom the President
is said to think well of, hut he is
unable to make up his mind.
It was learned at the President's 1
BROOKNART GIVEN
FULL SUPPORT OF
lOWA REPUBLICANS
Former Senator, Read Out of
Party Once, Pledges Fight
to Aid Farmers.
j
j By the Associated Press.
DES MOINES, lowa, July 22. —Col.
| Smith Brookhart today is the accept
j ed United States senatorial nominee
lof lowa Republicanism, despite the
! State central committee’s formal
declaration two years ago that he
had bolted the party.
The party also has definitely de
manded “economic equality for agri
culture,” Brookhart’s battle cry.
Thrice in the past six years of his
stormy political career has the
colonel been the nominee, but he has
just experienced for the first time
the honor usuallly paid the candidate
heading the ticket. His acceptance
by the State convention here yester
day was marked by his declaration
from the platform that he would win
in the Fall election and return to
Washington "to tell the truth regard
ing conditions in lowa.”
Says He’ll Tell Truth.
Brookhart, widely known for his
support of farm relief legislation, the
subject which tended to fuse all party
faction into a harmonious conven
tion group, asserted he lost his seat
in the Senate because he “told truth.”
“But I’ll go back and tell the truth
again," he added. It was a holiday
for the former Senator, who was un
seated by Dan F. Steck, and his
broad smile showed he enjoyed the
new sensation of being escorted, amid
applause, to the convention platform.
He began his brief address with
"Fellow Republicans,’’ and referred
to the organization as “that great
progressive party.”
Senator Albert B. Cummins, veteran
Lowa leader, whom Brookhart ijfcfeated
bv a big majority in the June pri
mary, did not attend the convention.
Coolidge Is I’raised.
Although pre-convention statements
indicated an attempt would be made
to condemn the administration; In
connection with the farm situation,
the eight resolutions voiced no such
criticism. Oniv one name was men :
tioned. President Coolidge. and it ap
peared in the resolution commending
the administration "for its wise and
efficient conduct of the Government.
In accordance with Republican prin
ciples."
Dan W. Turner of Corning, conven
tion keynoter, criticized the President
for his stand on farm relief, saying
"no adequate explanation has been
made of his refusal to redeem the
pledge to agriculture in the Repub
lican national platform written under
his direction in 1924.”
Expects Tariff Aid.
“We will expect it to be redeemed.”
Mr. Turner declared, but the conven
tion agriculture plank did not bear
out the statement. Failure of the
resolution to voice the keynoter’s
sentiment, apparently was responsi
ble for the closing wrangle of the
convention, which culminated in the
charge of State Senator S. Kromme of
Story County that the “regulars” had
controlled the resolution committee.
The resolution on agriculture stated:
"The Republican party of lowa is
united in its demand that the Repub
lican policy of economic equality of
agriculture' with other industries
shall be carried into effect by the en
actment of legislation which will per
mit the establishment of an American
urice level for agricultural products
above the world price level just as
the protective tariff accomplishes
that result for manufactured prod-
' ~
$4OO Fund to Aid Girl Who Sought
To Wed Thaw Started in Winchester
By the Associated Press.
MARTINSBURG, W. Va.. July 22.
—A movement was started in Win
chester, Va., today to raise a $4OO
fund for expenses home of Miss For
est Hope Wails, her mother and
brother, who made a transcontinental
trip from Hollywood, Calif., in the be
lief that Harry K. Thaw would meet
and marry the girl on their arrival
at his Kenilworth estate near here.
Friends of Miss Walls in the Vir
ginia, w>wn. etajtwV -toft 4aod smu**
W)t Mtimitm J&kf.
office here today that more than 50
persons have been recommended for
Mr. Fenning’s place. it also was
I learned that the President has called
upon the Attorney General’s office to
I advise him as to the legal question in
volved in the appointment of retired
Army officers or other retired officers
of the Nation’s arms of defense. In
this connection ii was explained that
j' v" i '..ip,- s v. Is known
to be under consideration.
liauieu ..iso .Mentioned.
Gen. Helmick was strongly recom
mended and the President is under
stood to have come to the con
clusion that this Army officer pos
sessed many of the qualifications lie
was seeking. Gen. Barnett, former
commandant of the United States
Marine Corps, also has been recom
; mended, as have two or three retired
I officers. While considering these rec
j ommendations the President has been
| advised, however, that the law gov
erning appointments of District Com
missioners specifies that there shall
he two civilian Commissioners and
one engineer officer of the Army and
that the President would not lie car
rying out the letter or spirit of the
law if he appointed a retired officer
to serve as a civilian Commissioner.
The President wished to lie cor
rectly informed regarding this legal
point, and for that reason referred
the matter to the Attorney General.
In making this known one of the Presi
dent’s associates, however, wanted it
made plain that this did not indicate
that the President had decided to ap
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54 MORE OFFICERS
INDICTED IN PROBE
OF CHICAGO VOTES
Complete Recount Ordered
As Irregularities Involve
Total of 109.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 22. —Fifty-four elec
tion judges and clerks who served at
Cook County’s April primaries were
indicted today by a special grand
jury on charges of conspiracy to
make a false count in connection with
irregularities at the polls.
The indictments, the third group re
turned, bring to 189 the indictments
returned against judges and clerks.
Eleven were named in the first writs
and 44 in the second group.
The writs have been returned as
rapidly as a recount of the returns
showed false tabulations.
A complete recount of the vote
cast in Cook County for the United
States senatorial nomination Jn both j
Republican and Democratic parties
was ordered today by County Judge
Jareeki, at the request of Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri, chairman
of the Senate campaign expenditures
committee.
The court acted as true bills re
ported to have been voted against 64
judges and clerks bf election in the
April primaries were awaited in the
Criminal pourt.
Senator Reed sought the aid of the
County Court in determining how
the senatorial ballots were handled,
as his committee prepared to assem
ble here Monday for an inquiry into
the senatorial primaries.
The ballots cast for Senator Wil
liam B. McKinlley and Col. Frank L.
Smith, who defeated him for the Re
publican nomination, and for George
E. Brennan, who won the Democratic j
nomination without much of a con
test. will be recounted only in those
sections of the county where the elec
tion commission had control under
the direction of the County Court.
That territory includes, besides Chi
cago. the thickly populated suburban
cities and villages of Chicago Heights,
Cicero and Summit, Cicero in particu
lar and Chicago Heights to a less de
gree having been favorite headquar
ters for gangsters in their beer and
political forays.
The recheck of the vote was started
at once.
The 54 indictments, making a total
of 109 persons charged with fraud and
other irregularities since the opening
of the inquiry into the April 13 pri
maries, were returned before Superior
Judge Miller.
Five of the defendants were women,
and many of those indicted were pre
cinct judges and clerks and precinct j
1 political workers.
FIRE ON SUBMARINE
OVERCOMES 4 OF CREW!
By the Associated Pres#.
MONTEREY, Calif., July 22.—Four
members of the crew of the sub
marine S-9, commanded by Lieut. J.
B. Cook, were overcome by a fire in
the vesel while she was proceeding
from San Francisco to Monterey Tues
day, but have recovered from their ex
perience. They were Lieut. J. W. Mc-
Coll, Charles Noble, chief machinist’s
mate; George Schmidt, electrician’s
mate, first class, and C. V. Feland,
machinist’s mate, first class.
The fire, which broke out a few
minutes after the submersible had
cleared Golden Gate, was believed
to have started when a loose electri
cal connection ignited a quanity
of oil.
ment when she failed to receive a
reply to a telegram she sent to
Thaw’s New York address asking for
expenses for the return trip to Cali
fornia.
The young woman appeared at the
Thaw estate several days ago, claim
ing to have copies of letters written
to her by Thaw proposing marriage.
She said she had never met Thaw,
but they had exchanged letters.
Falling to locate Thaw. Miss Walls
and her relatives have been camping
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GORDON SEEKSWAY
■ TO BLOCK MENTAL
PATIENTS’ RELEASE
►
; Federal Attorney Calls Parley
to Devise Commitments
Courts Will Uphold.
' FREEDOM NOW GAINED
ON TECHNICAL GROUNDS
Two Given Liberty Cause Alarm at
Home in City Where They
Are Received.
I
Alarmed at the large number of
persons being freed from St Eliza
beth’s Hospital through failure to ob
serve technicalities in their commit
ment, United States Attorney Peyton
Gordon today called into conference
• Acting Secretary of the Interior Fin
ney, Dr. William A. White, superin
tendent at St. Elizabeth's; Francis H.
Stephens, corporation counsel, and
1 representatives from the Veterans’
Bureau, the Judge Advocate of the
Army’s office and of the office of the
> Judge Advocate of the Navy.
Maj. Gordon seeks to reach some
agreement about means to bring the
persons sent to the asylum by the
Veterans' Bureau and from the Army
and Navy within the rulings of the
court in reference to proper commit
ments to St. Elizabeth’s.
Ruling on Retired Officers.
Justice Hoehling recently ruled !
that retired officers of the Army and !
Navy may not be sent to the asylum j
without their consent, and released i
j several so held. A large number of j
1 former soldiers and veterans of the i
World War who, while still in the
I service, had been sent to Walter Keed j
for observation and transferred from |
there to St. Elizabeth's have recently
been released from that Institution
I on the ground that they were held
illegally, as their mental condition
had never been adjudicated by a jury.
Others who had been discharged
from either the Army or Navy and
were held at St. Elizabeth’s claimed
that thoir discharge ’from the service
ended the authority of either the
Secretary of War or Navy over them
and their detention at the hospital.
The court also ordered their lfljera
tion from St. Elizabeth’s.
Kept Veterans Awake.
Five war veterans, released from St.
Elizabeth's Hospital yesterday on
writs of habeas corpus were taken
by their attorney in two taxicabs to
the Temporary Home for ex-Soldiers
and Sailors at Ninth street and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, last night.
They were registered and accepted, ■
but one went a,way promising to re
turn later.
Twh of the remaining four were
veterans of the Spanish- American
War and the other two were World
War veterans, one having served in
the Navy and the other in the Army.
In accordance with the regulations at
the home, they were put in wards j
with other men of the eame conflicts.
During the night, the Navy veteran,
in a ward with 15 others, rose in his
bed, snapped his hand to his hip and
shouted. “I’ve got a gun!" He repeated
these declarations, according to the
other occupants of the ward, about
the possession of a revolver, but made
no other move. Efforts to quiet him
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HEROISM REVEALED
IN DROWNING OF II
Only 4 of Youthful Campers
Able to Retain Hold on
Capsized Canoe.
By the Associated Press.
LINDSAY, Ontario. July 22.
Revelation of youthful heroism In
connection with the drowning of 11
members of the Angelican Church
camp today came out of the wilder
ness northeast of Lindsay. Fifteen
youths were thrown into Balsam
Lake when their canoe was over
turned In a sudden squall late Tues-
I day night. They held on to the up
j turned craft and aided one another as
j best they could until, one by one,
after hours in the water, their
• strength gave out, they loosed their
hold and sank. Only four members of
the party could maintain their grips
on the keel until the canoe drifted
ashore yesterday.
Capsized by Squall.
The youths had started for Cobo
conck from their camp in the large
canoe late Tuesday night. Well out
In the lake a squall broke and the
canoe capsized.
Ray Shea- Butcher, director of the
camp and one of those drowned, was
an outstanding hero. He was among
the few who were able to climb on top
of. the overturned craft, although he
was suffering from a badly injured
knee.
As the hours passed and the ranks
of the boys in the water were thin
ning, Butcher decided he would give
his place on top of the canoe to
another. He offered up a prayer for
the safety of those still surviving, and,
bidding them good-by, slipped Into the
water and disappeared.
•Disappeared One by One.
Lambden, the camp adjutant, re
peatedly swam around the canoe, in
structing the more youthful boys how
to hang on, and begging them to keep
up their courage. As the boys weak
ened, Lambden aided them in every
way he could, until they became en
tirely helpless and disappeared be
neath the water.
Nine of the drowned boys lived in
Toronto. One came from Galt and the
other from Peterboro. The four boys
who drifted ashore are under medical
care. One of them is In a critical con
dition.
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ALIEN PROPERTY
AGREEMENT DENIED
! Sutherland Tells Borah He
Has Not Planned to Give
Stock to England.
By the Associated Press.
Chairman Borah of the Senate for
eign relations committee was inform
ed today by Howard Sutherland, alien
property custodian, that no contract
was ever entered into between the cus
todian’s office and the British govern
ment relative to turning over certain
property to the British government.
Mr. Borah wrote to Mr. Sutherland
several days ago. asserting he had
been informed such an agreement was
on file, and later, in reply to a letter
from Thomas \V. Miller, former cus
todian. in whose administration he
said the transaction took place, he
said he was interested In knowing
why the custodian did not seize, “on
j the books’’ of the enemy companies
taken over, all of the outstanding
shares. He also inquired as to "ne
gotiations pending with the Canadian
government relevant to alien prop
erty.’’
British Return Certificates.
j Replying, Mr. Sutherland said there
had been “no delivery of property by
the alien property custodian to the
British public trustee.”
“On tne contrary,” he said, “the
British public trustee has returned to
the alien property, custodian certifi
cates of American corporations of the
approximate value of $125,000,000
w’here the alien property custodian
had seized the right, title and interest
in the same.”
Referring to a statement by Mr.
Borah that the Supreme Court had
commented on the failure of the cus
todian to seize shares on the books of
a. company, Mr. Sutherland said the
decision referred to resulted in the
British public trustee returning certifi
cates which were in British territory
at the beginning of the World War.
“The alien property custodian holds
all certificates of stock demanded and
j seized by him in Canadian corpora
tions, the right, title and interest in
which w-as also demanded by the
Canadian custodian of enemy prop
erty, except that which has been re-,
turned to the actual owmers by and
with the consent of the Canadian cus
todian,” Mr. Sutherland said.
U. S. Agrees to Suits.
He added that the question as to
whether certificates of stock issued by
Canadian corporations were evidence
i of ownership in the corporation or
were property in themselves had not
been determined by the courts of Can
ada. American State, Treasury and
Justice officials, he said, had agreed to
suits in Canada to determine the
rights of the Canadian custodian in
the matter of stock certificates seized
as it affected Canadian corporations.
Unable to Appear Now.
Mr. Miller, through his attorney, to
day informed Senator Borah that he
would be unable to appear before the
Senator’s alien property investigating
committee at this time.
The attorney, however, said Mr. Mil
ler would be at the disposal of the
committee after his trial, which is set
for September 7. Miller is charged
with misconduct in administering
alien property affairs.
Senator Borah had requested
Miller to appear for examination for
all alien property transactions. ,
The Senate did not provide funds
for the inquiry, but Senator Borah
said he personally would guarantee
the cost of hearing Miller.
Fascists Gain Recruits.
CREMONA, Italy, July 22 (A>). —An
entire class In the Florentine College
received an unexpected holiday today
and. doubtless, Fascism gained just
that many enthusiastic recruits. The
professor was arrested in the midst
of a weighty peroration on charges
of insurrection.
qURELV, there are 100,000
3 Washingtonians who will
gladly send one dollar or
more to honor the living and
the dead of the 26,000 from
the District of Columbia who
served their country In the
armed forces In the Great
War. Send to John Poole,
Treasurer, District of Colum
bia Memorial Commission,
Federal-American National
Bands.
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New Lake Monster,
15 Feet Long, Races
Auto Along Shore
B.v the Associated Press.
VERNON, British Columbia.
July 22.—A strange monster which
Inhabits Okanaga Lake yesterday
raced a motor car being driven
along the shore road for several
hundred yards, says J. L. Logie,
manager of a local land company.
Mr. Logie describes the monster
as having a head like a sheep, a
dark-colored body showing about
5 feet above the water, and as
about 15 feet long.
Three other persons in the car
with Mr. Logie say the monster
raised a swell about a foot high
and made the spray fly ahead of
it as it cut through the water at
approximately the same speed as
the automobile
M’CABL REPROVES
NAVAL SECRETARY
Contract for Expert Outside
♦
Government Illegal, Says
Controller General.
Controller General McCarl today
sharply reproved the Secretary of the
Navy for continuing the practice of
spending Government money f • em
ploying scientists outside the Gov
ernment after McCarl had ordered
this stopped on July 1.
In a decision made public today
the controller general held unauthor
ized a contract “entered Into between
Dr. William Campbell of Columbia
University and the Navy purchasing
officer at New York, • * • provid
ing for the payment of S2OO per month
during the entire fiscal year 1926.”
The Secretary had been notified on
June 24 that the practice of spending
money for outside scientific aid with
out express authority of law, when
such aid could be obtained inside the
Government service, as at the Bureau
of Standards, would no( be authorized
after July 1, 1926.
Would Deny Salary.
Now' the Controller General, finding
th&t another contract of similar na
ture was in effect, not only called at
tention of the secretary to the former
prohibitory ruling but held that Dr.
Campbell should receive no payment
at all for services under the new
contract. This contract called for
the “necessary services” of Dr. Camp
bell “as advisory metallurgist.”
Criticizing the method by which it
had been proposed to pay Dr. Camp
bell out of three different appropri
ations, ,the McCarl decision said the
only one of these three appropriations
providing for personal services of a
scientific character as that contem
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AWAITS TRIAL IN D. C.
Man' Accused in Bobbery of Wil
liams’ Home to Be Beturned.
Charles Baum, alias Cohen, under
arrest in New York City for alleged
complicity in the robbery of the home
of Norman Williams, 1227 Sixteenth
street, four months ago, when sev
eral persons were bound by the
bandits, is to be returned here for
trial, according to a message from
Detective Bernard W. Thompson, who
appeared against him before a United
States commissioner yesterday.
He is expected to reach here late
today.
‘Monkey’ and ‘Man’ Musi Be Kept Apart
In Text Books of Mississippi Schools
By th« Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss., July 22.—" Ev
olution” must be completely eliminated
from text books by publishers before
submission to the Text Book Commis
sion next Spring, if they are to be con
sidered in Misslssiopi, W. F. Bond,
State superintendent of education, has
announced.
"The State Text Book Commission,
which will meet next Bpring to adopt
new science books, positively will not
consider books which contain the
theory,” he said. "If any revision is
needed to accomplish this, it should be
done before the books are submitted.”
Mr. Bond pointed out that the State
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RUM RUNNING LAID
TO COAST GUARDS
20 Men and Officers Accused
of Bribery, Transporting
and Selling.
By the Associated Press.
TOMS RIVER. N. J„ July 22.
More than 20 eoast guardsmen and
officers, presumably stationed along
the Jersey Coast, have been suspended
pending investigation of charges in
volving the sale and transportation of
liquor.
Comdr. William J. Wheeler of Wash
ington suspended the men before
leaving the in
quiry in the hands
Jgn|||P^ilthe men or give
SjSs have been made
that coast guards-
X i: accepted bribes
V(- ' whisky on Coast
‘ the coast to *Mon-
COMDR. WHEEI.EK. mou th County will
figure in the inquiry today.
Os the suspended men, Comdr.
Wheeler revealed, 12 had signed con
fessions admitting they had accepted
from S2OO to SI,OOO each for permit
ting rum runners to land liquor.
The confessions include one from a
captain who admitted that he had
used the boat under his command to
carry eight cases of Scotch whisky
across Barnegat Bay to Tuckerton
pier.
Eugene Danley of Wareton, who
told Sheriff Grant of Ocean County
that liquor found on his place during
a raid was purchased from Coast
Guards,- will be taken by Supt. Rass
mussen to various stations to identify
the men.
Sheriff Grant refused to reveal the
name of the man who caused opening
of the investigation by placing the
sworn charges in his hands. His of
fice is assisting in the inquiry.
RUDOLPH MUST SIGN
OWN STORE ORDER
Absence of Fenning Forces Him to
Attest Hardware Contract—
His Firm Lowest Bidder.
Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph
will be forced to establish a precedent
tomorrow when the Board of District
Commissioners takes action on a
recommendation of M. C. Hargrove,
District purchasing agent, that a con
tract for furnishing hardware to the
District Training School be awarded to
the firm of Rudolph & West.
When sealed bids for supplying the
hardware were opened it was dis
covered that Rudolph & West quoted
thq lowest price. In previous in
stances of this kind when this firm,
in which Commissioner Rudolph has
an interest, submitted the lowest bid
he declined to join with his colleagues
in signing the contract. The absence
of Commissioner Frederick A. Penn
ing, however, will make it. necessary
for Mr. Rudolph to attach his signa
ture to the contract in this case if
the law requiring to be
awarded to the low bidder is obeyed.
The Ann of Rudolph & West quoted
a price of $3,590 on the hardware.
The next lowest bid was $3,628.
lated in the schools this Fall in using
the old hooks, which have been revised
to eliminate the theory at the request
of the Department of Education. This
action, he said, was taken several
months before the law was passed.
The table in the biology text show
ing traces of development, reaching a
climax in man, was revised so that a
monkey was placed at the head of the
animal world, man being considered
apart from the animals.
Commenting on the "development” 1
substituted for "evolution” in text
books to be used in Texas, Mr. Bond
said similar action would probably be
taken by publishers bidding for text* l.
book adoption in Mississippi.
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 94,537
RECORD HEAT WAVE
TAKES3LIVES IN D.C.
50 DIE IN MIDWEST
Thundershowers Tonight or
Tomorrow Expected to
Bring Lower Temperature.
HOSPITALS KEPT BUSY
BY VICTIMS OF SUN
Dismissal of Government Offices
Likely Again Tfhis Afternoon—
Mercury 9t» at Noon.
50 Die in Midwest,
But Showers End
Sweltering Heat
By th*» AMoeiated Pres*.
CHICAGO, July 22.—Most of
♦lie Middle West was free from
a 72-hour hot wave today after
thunderstorm* over a broad
belt, from Texas and New
Mexlro to the Great Lakes,
halted the death list of more
than 50 and carried relief to the
parched cornfields and country
side.
The heat still lingered in the
lower Ohio Valley, but was
scheduled to break today as the
storm area moved on.
The temperature, under cool
ing winds and storms, haul
plunged down from 96 yester
day to 69 degrees at 7 a.m.
today at Chicago; to 52 at Val
entine, N'ebr.; 66 at Concordia,
Kans , and 68 at Kansas City,
Mo., and Dubuque, lowa. Some
reaction to warmer weather to
night and tomorrow in the
northern plains States and other
Middle Western sections was
anticipated by the Weather
Bureau.
I
Leaving in Its wake, to date, a toll
of three lives and numerous prostra
tions, the record-breaking heat wave
was surging forward here today with
undiminished momentum toward an
early doom.
The “scorcher" which yesterday
sent the mercury to an official high
mark of 104 degrees—unprecedented
for July in the annals of the Weather
Bureau —was making a last supreme
effort to do the same today before
collapsing tonight or tomorrow under
the counter assault of thundershowers
and moderate breezes.
Meanwhile the machinery of gov
ernment and of private business was
seriously retarded or, in some in
stances, wholly paralyzed, while suf
fering employes sought relief in parks,
at bathing places or in other spots
protected from the wilting rays of the
sun.
Most of the Federal departments
or branches were affected again today,
as bureau chiefs received word from
"higher-ups” that many of the of
fices housed in exposed buildings
might close down for the afternoon.
Employes of various parts of the
departments of Commerce. Justice.
State, Labor, Treasury and Post Os
flee were excused at one o'clock and
those of the War Department were
notified < they could leave at four.
Only the Interior and Navy Depart
ments appeared not involved in the
shut-down.
One Dies of Sunstroke.
One of those who succumbed yes
terday to the heat was a direct vic
tim of sunstroke. The two others were
drowned while seeking relief in cool
ing waters. The sunstroke victim was
George Downing, colored prisoner,
who was stricken while working on
the District wharf at Water street.
Those drowned were Walter F. Ham
burg, 15 years old, of 1354 Four and-a
half street southwest, who was swim
ming in the canal near Chain Bridge,
and Brooks Turner, colored cripple.
82, who lost his life last night or this
morning in Rock Creek, near the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, in
Georgetown.
Staffs of hospitals and Government
clinics were kept busy yesterday and
todav treating heat sulTerers. Staff
physicians of Emergency Hospital re
sponded to numerous minor calls for
aid. in addition to sending its ambu
lance to the wharf for Downing.
Among the few persons who accepted
treatment at the hospital was Milton
Young of 2711 K street, who was par
tially prostrated.
Yesterday’s Noon Mark Topped.
Forecaster Mitchell announced that
unless clouds interfered by 4 o’clock
this afternoon, the temperature un
doubtedly would soar again in prox
imity to yesterday’s high mark. At
noon the official thermograph at the
Weather Bureau registered 99 degrees
—4 degrees higher than at the same
hour yesterday.
The maximum of 104, registered at
3:45 p.m. yesterday, smashed all rec
ords for July since the establishment
of the Weather Bureau in 1870 and
gave to Washington the dubious dis
tinction of being the hottest city in
the United States for a day, barring
the heat-famous town of Yuma, Arlz..
which equaled Washington's 104.
That was just a normal day for Yuma,
however.
“The heat wave will be broken In
this section late tonight or Friday.”
Mr. Mitchell declared with assurance
today. . “The temperature will be
much lower tomorrow. There will be
thundershowers late this afternoon or
tonight and possibly tomorrow morn
ing. . . . „
“And it won’t be so warm tonight.
Washington has experienced a 104-
degree or higher temperature on but
three prior occasions, the forecaster
stated. On September 7, 1881. it was
104; on August 8. 193 8. it was 106,
and on August 7, 1918. it was 104. The
August 6 mark of 106. recorded eight
years ago, wao the highest ever reg
istered here. ,
The previous highest July tempera
ture in local weather history was 102 J
degrees, on July 18, 1887.
Health Officer Fowler today issued
a bulletin giving “hot weather hints"
as a precaution against prostration.
His list of advices follows:
“Avoid excessive drinking of ice
water.
“Avoid overexercising.
“Wear light clothing and keep out
of the sun.
“Get as much rest as possible.
“Eat lightly, nourishing foods
“ Don’t worry.”
The District government put Its
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